MEMORIAL DAY: There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day.
HUNKING’S 1ST ANNUAL SPRING CARNIVAL: Come and join us on Thursday, June 15th from 5:30-7:30pm for our last community event of the school year! This event will be open to all families and is free to participate! Come enjoy our last community event of the school year and participate in some fun games and win some prizes! We would love to build on the momentum of a fabulous Multicultural event by once again having our families participate in sharing a culturally inclusive game or activity with our community.
We will be sending out more details early next week, including a link for families to sign up to participate, as well as a separate link for families to register to attend the event. Please stay tuned for that…
BOOK FAIR NEWS: The Scholastic Book Fair begins on Tuesday! Thank you to all of the volunteers that have signed up to help! Your help is greatly appreciated! An email went out earlier this week with a class schedule and Sign-Up Genius. There are MANY open slots, especially for our middle school visitors. It is also posted on the PTO Facebook page. An updated CORI form needs to be on file to volunteer. Students may pay by cash, E-Wallet, or a check made out to the Caleb Dustin Hunking School. Please contact the ELA coaches Mrs. Bisegna and Mrs. LaCoste if you have any questions!
Summer Reading: If you would like to keep your student reading this summer, check out the Haverhill YMCA Literacy Academy.
Student Dress Code: With the warmer weather here, the student dress code has become a “hot button” topic recently at Hunking. We recognize that this is a sensitive topic and one that includes a lot of “gray area”, so I have once again attached the dress code policy that can be found on page 23 of the HPS student handbook for all families to review:
“The responsibility for the dress and appearance of the students will rest with individual students and parents.
They have the right to determine how the student will dress providing that attire is not destructive to school property, complies with requirements for health and safety, and does not cause disorder or disruption. The administration is authorized to take action in instances where individual dress does not meet the stated requirements.
This does not mean that student, faculty, or parent groups may not recommend appropriate dress for school or special occasions. It means that students will not be prevented from attending school or a school function, or otherwise be discriminated against, so long as their dress and appearance meet the requirements set forth above.
Students are not permitted to dress in any manner that is distracting to teaching or learning, to other students or disrupting the educational process or environment of the school. Clothing that is considered to be distracting includes but may not be limited to the following:
- Extremely short skirts or shorts rising more than 7″ above the knee.
- Shirts or blouses bearing midriffs.
- See-through clothing.
- Halters or tank tops with less than 1″ straps, tube-tops, or blouses with excessively low cut tops.
- Low rider pants and pants that do not cover underwear.
- Clothing or jewelry that advertises or promotes products or activities that are illegal.
- Clothing containing inappropriate or suggestive language or pictures.
- Clothing that identifies students as members of a gang or an imitation of gang paraphernalia will not be permitted. This includes but is not limited to bandanas, pins, insignias, colors, jewelry, emblems, wave caps, etc.
- Studded accessories such as belt buckles, bracelets, chains, etc. are not permitted.
- Any other dress that distracts, disrupts, intimidates or provokes can be deemed inappropriate by the Principal or Assistant Principal.
The Principal and Assistant Principal have the final decision in making the determination that there has been a violation of the dress code policy. In the event that the Principal is unavailable, the Assistant Principal has the full authority to make the final determination on whether a student’s clothing is in violation of the dress code policy.”
HUNKING THEME OF THE MONTH: Hunking will be embracing a theme of the month which will be focused on in and around our School building throughout each month. Hunking staff will promote and nominate students each month who they feel have personified the monthly theme on a consistent basis. Based on those nominations, one boy and one girl in each grade will be recognized as a “Hunking Hero” and receive a t-shirt.
Throughout the month of May, we are embracing the theme of Honesty. Honesty is the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness. It is truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness and freedom from deceit or fraud.. Staff will be on the lookout this month for the students who personify honesty.
Future themes will include:
June – Pride:
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS:
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION NEWS:
MAKE IT HAVERHILL ELL CLASSES:
PTO NEWS:
- Thanks to everyone who came to the meeting on Thursday night! The final PTO meeting of the 2022-2023 school year is scheduled for Tuesday, June 13th at 6:15pm. We’re looking for some new members for the 2023-2024 school year…if you’re interested in learning more about our open Board positions, please plan to come to our next meeting or reach out to HunkingPTO28@gmail.com.
NEWS FROM GUIDANCE:
Your School Counselors:
Sarah Petrick k-4 School Counselor sarah.petrick@haverhill-ps.org
Terri Carney 5-8 School Counselor terri.carney@haverhill-ps.org
Work Permits
Students are applying for their first jobs! Work permit information can be found here:
https://www.haverhill-ps.org/work-permit-information/
Guidance Information
We are introducing a new avenue for you to access all information regarding applications and the transition to high school. We recommend you utilize this resource as often as possible, as we will consistently update this site throughout the week. We at Hunking believe that working together to support student success is paramount.
https://sites.google.com/haverhill-ps.org/roadmaptohighschool/hunking-home-hnk
EDUCATIONAL HAPPENINGS:
Hunking’s ST Math Puzzle Clubs!
Math iReady Spring Diagnostic Testing window for grades K-7 begins on Tuesday, May 30th. The testing window will close Friday, June 9th. This is a great opportunity for students to get immediate feedback about their performance this year. Please encourage your child to complete the test to the best of their ability and let them know you are proud of their hard work this year.
Kindergarten: Kindergarten culminated their life cycle unit by releasing butterflies. Each class watched the life cycle from the young caterpillar stage to chrysalides, then butterflies, all while learning about each stage along the way!
8TH GRADE PROMOTION: SAVE THE DATE – Attention 8th grade families: The 8th grade promotion will be held on Thursday, June 22nd at 6pm with the promotion dance to immediately follow the ceremony. Please stay tuned for more specific details as we get closer to the event.
NEWS FROM OUR NURSES: Please continue to have your children bring in water bottles for the hot weather and apply sunscreen for any outdoor activities or field trips.
As the school year is winding down, the health office will be sending out letters for medication and immunizations for next year. Your children’s medications including Epipens and Inhalers should be picked up by June 22, 2023 if they have any in the health office. Enjoy the Holiday weekend!
LOST AND FOUND: Our lost and found for any clothing items is located in the locker room area in the main hallway of the school. Any lost lunch boxes or water bottles can be found on the shelves in our cafeteria. We encourage you to have your students check frequently, as all unclaimed clothing at the end of each month is then donated by the school.
ATHLETIC NEWS:
TRACK: Friendly Reminder to our Track Crew!
Next Thursday, on June 1 from 4-5:30, will be the last opportunity to participate in the (optional) North Andover High School Meets! We will NOT be holding practice at school on this day.
CLUB NEWS:
LEGO Club: The calendar containing all dates through the end of the year can be found here. Just a reminder that parent pick-up is at the middle school entrance on the far end of the building (not the main or elementary entrances).
GSA: The final meeting of the GSA this year will be June 9. All meetings take place in room 300 until 4:00. Please see Mr. Molloy with any questions.
NJHS: The last meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday May 31, 2023. We will be discussing the end of year events and how we can contribute. Please make arrangements to be picked up at 3:30 at the upper school doors.
YEARBOOK: Mr. Thornton (Yearbook Advisor) will be on paternity leave starting May 15th. Please email Shelley MacRae with any yearbook related questions.
The deadline to design custom pages for the yearbook is May 26th.
- Please click this link to create an account and purchase a yearbook.
- Additional information in English
- Información adicional en español
ODDS & ENDS:
-All students in grades 5-8 have been issued school IDs. It is required that they bring and wear their ID badges each day.
-Please make sure that your student(s) are coming to school daily with a fully charged chromebook.
-Please make sure that you are sending your student(s) with a water bottle. We have a limited supply of cups and we do not have access to water fountains, only water bottle filling stations.
SCHOOL POLICIES:
MORNING DROP OFF: To all families that drop their students off in the morning, please remember to drop your students off at the proper end of the building. All K-4 students should be dropped on the lower school side of the building. All 5-8 students should be dropped off on the upper school side of the building. Please be aware that there should be NO DROP OFFS AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING BETWEEN 8:00AM-8:30AM. This is for safety reasons. We appreciate everyone’s support and cooperation with this procedure. Thank you!
UPPER SCHOOL DROP OFF: Parents and Guardians, please be aware that the safety and security of our students is the number one priority. We kindly ask that all parents/guardians who drop students off in the morning on the upper school side of the building, please follow the proper traffic pattern to ensure everyone’s safety. Please do not cut across the parking lot. We ask that you drive slow while on school grounds, and we appreciate your patience as we are aware that many people have places to be after dropping off. Again, we appreciate you prioritizing the safety of our students. Thank you!
CAR PICK UP & DROP OFF: Safety and Security of our students, staff, and families is our number one priority, so we would like to ask that those families who utilize car pick up and drop off be cognizant of our security guards directing traffic. Security would like to emphasize the use of turn signals when picking-up or dropping-off your student. If you are not turning, please flash your headlights so that they are aware that you are continuing straight. We want to make sure everyone remains safe. We greatly appreciate your attention and support with this matter.
Lower school pick up: If you are walking to pick up your K student please wait near the kindergarten doors and if you are walking to pick up your grade 1-4 student please wait at the lower school walker pick up door. DO NOT come to the lower school playground to pick up your child. The students in the playground area are waiting for car pick up only.
CELL PHONE POLICY:
-Cell phones are not allowed to be used throughout the school day. The expectation is that the phone is turned off and put away.
-If students are found to be using their cell phone for any purpose the following policy will be followed:
-1st offense: Cell phone will be confiscated and submitted to the main office where the student can get the phone back at the end of the day with a warning.
-2nd offense: Cell phones will be confiscated and submitted to the main office where a parent/guardian will need to pick up the phone.
-3rd offense: Cell phone will be confiscated and submitted to the main office where a parent/guardian will need to pick up the phone and the student will be issued an office detention.
-4th offense: Cell phone will be confiscated and submitted to the main office where a parent/guardian will need to pick up the phone and a meeting will need to take place in order to establish a contract where phone can either be dropped off at arrival time and picked up at dismissal, or the phone is not allowed in school.
-Students will not be allowed to have cell phones in the bathroom. Students will need to leave their phones face down on their desk when leaving for the bathroom.
-We recognize the importance for students to have cell phones, but we respectfully ask for your support in reinforcing the cell phone rules. If there is ever a reason for a student to call home, I am happy to allow them to utilize my office phone. Also, if you have to get in touch with your student, we would ask that you please contact the main office during school hours.